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Psychiatric alert: "It's not care, it's abuse"

7/21/2023, 6:10:13 AM

Highlights: Like nearly 1.5 million people in France, Laurène suffers from bipolar disorder. The thirty-year-old tells how the disease has d. The brilliant student of Sciences-po fell into madness. Neither she nor her parents had any signs. Except, perhaps, that exam stress that kept her up three nights straight. "For a long time, I was very shocked. I felt like I had lost my soul," she says of the incident in the suburbs of Strasbourg.


Like nearly 1.5 million people in France, Laurène suffers from bipolar disorder. The thirty-year-old tells how the disease has d

The scene always seems unreal to him. She, doing sun salutations, barefoot in the tram. Then wandering in the suburbs of Strasbourg believing to have teleported there. That evening, a gang of young people called the police. The daydream ends at the sight of the "psychiatric hospital" sign. Laurène will be interned for three weeks. They weren't superpowers. That night in 2016, the brilliant student of Sciences-po fell into madness. No one understands this "delusional puff". Neither she nor her parents had any signs. Except, perhaps, that exam stress that kept her up three nights straight. "For a long time, I was very shocked. I felt like I had lost my soul. »

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